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Netanyahu Wows Them on Capitol Hill
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an enthusiastic joint session of Congress today, promising compromises to make peace but not offering much hope for resuming talks with the Palestinians...
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an enthusiastic joint session of Congress today, promising compromises to make peace but not offering much hope for resuming talks with the Palestinians. We hear some conflicting assessments. Also, NATO air strikes hammer Tripoli, and on this last day for Oprah on daytime TV, her influence on American culture.
Banner image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) greets members of Congress following a Joint Meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 24, 2011. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesNATO Air Strikes Hammer Tripoli
NATO aircraft struck at least 15 targets in 30 minutes early this morning near Moammar Gadhafi's command compound in Tripoli, the heaviest bombardment so far. In Bengazi, the US invited the Libyan rebel council to open an office in Washington. John Burns is in Tripoli for the New York Times .
Read the story7 minNetanyahu Addresses a Joint Session of Congress
Today's reception on Capitol Hill was a far cry from last week's tense encounter at the Obama White House. In his 50-minute address to a joint session of Congress, Israel's Prime Minister got more than two dozen standing ovations.
Read the story36 minThe Oprah Effect
After 25 years of dominating daytime TV, nobody needs to hear Oprah's last name. Some advertisers are paying a million dollars for 30-second commercials on tomorrow's last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show . It's being called the biggest wrap-up in television since Johnny Carson walked away from The Tonight Show.
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